Secret White House Tapes

23–96

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23–96
  • President Richard M. Nixon
  • Henry A. Kissinger
  • Manolo Sanchez
May 1, 1972
Conversation No. 23-96

Date: May 1, 1972
Time: 6:53-7:06 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.

A meeting
-Time
-Kissinger's location

Vietnam
-B-3 area
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Tape Subject Log
(rev. 1/13)



-Negotiations
-Positions of both sides
-Cease-fire
-Withdrawals
-US bargaining position
-Bombing
-Impact on US bargaining position
-Kissinger's offer
-Bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong
-North Vietnamese fears
-Talks with Soviets
-Return to Washington
-Military operations
-Creighton W. Abrams
-Abilities
-Field Commander
-Negotiations
-Bombing
-Shock effect
-Bombing
-The President’s discussion with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Support of public
-Doves
-Hawks
-Thomas H. Moorer

US-Soviet relations
-Anti-Ballistic Missile [ABM]


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[National Security]
[Duration: 13s ]


ABM Treaty


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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-US missiles
-US position
-Bombers
-US number

The President conferred with Manolo Sanchez at an unknown time.

[Unintelligible]

[End of conferral]

Vietnam
-US stakes
-Charles W. Colson, Clark MacGregor and John A. Scali
-Emphasis
-Cease-fire
-The President's speech
-Message to North Vietnam
-Negotiations
-North Vietnamese proposals
-Soviet influence
-US position
-Back-up position
-Poker analogy
-The President's character
-The President's negotiating methods
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